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Dolores Goddard Collection of Elfego Baca
Collection
Identifier: MSS-802-BC
Abstract
This is a collection of correspondence, photos, newspaper clippings and articles about Elfego Baca as retained by his family after his death and collected in subsequent years. They provide a view of Baca’s political, business and family life beyond the well-known 1884 gunfight in Socorro County.
Dates:
1884-1961
Elfego Baca Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS -249-SC
Scope and Content
Elfego Baca's campaign brochures make up the bulk of this small collection. The brochures contain a brief history of Baca's life, including stories of gunfights, Billy the Kid, and dealings with the law, while also outlining his political ambitions. Additionally, the collection contains two pieces of correspondence written by Baca, an open letter written by Baca about the 1940 election, a letter from Mrs. Elfego Baca to Clinton P. Anderson informing him of Baca's death, and Baca's memorial...
Dates:
1904-1945 (bulk 1934-1945)
James Josiah Webb Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS -232 -SC
Abstract
The James J. Webb Correspondence consists of ten hand-written letters discussing business practices and salaries related to Webb's trading business and politics in New Mexico.
Dates:
1852-1864
John Angus MacDonald Memoirs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-485-BC
Scope and Content
The manuscript, handwritten by John Angus MacDonald, describes five decades of his life in Colorado and New Mexico from the 1870s to the 1920s. It is not a detailed autobiography and is not in chronological order. There is a brief family history beginning on page 240. MacDonald reminisces about his boyhood in the San Luis Valley in Colorado, describing the customs of the Indians, the different ethnic groups that settled the area and the coming of the railroad. The manuscript contains...
Dates:
1917-1954
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- New Mexico -- History -- 1848- 3
- Elections -- New Mexico 1
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado 1
- Magdalena (N.M.) -- History 1
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- Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado 1
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- Ranch life -- New Mexico 1
- Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Commerce -- History 1
- Santa Fe (N.M.) -- History 1
- Socorro County (N.M.) -- History 1 ∧ less
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- Spanish; Castilian 1
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- Baca, Elfego, 1864-1945 2
- Billy, the Kid 1
- Ellison, Samuel, 1817-1889 1
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